English Channel was the runaway winner in the $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf race, finishing seven lengths ahead of second-place Shamdinan of France in 2:36.96. Ireland's Red Rocks finished third in the 1 1/2-mile race on soft turf.

English Channel, trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, paid $8, $4.40 and $3. The exacta returned $152.00.

"Last year (in the Breeders' Cup), we had an outside post, and he never relaxed," Velazquez said. "This year, he's older, and he has learned to relax. That was the key today."

Just the 11th and final Breeders' Cup race remains, the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic.